Re: A printed GNOME Journal for GUADEC?

[Claus Schwarm <c schwarm gmx net>]

On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 21:42:19 +0200
David Neary <dneary free fr> wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> It's GUADEC, so 500 copies would probably do. The GUADEC program, in A5 
> format, is usually about 32 pages, bump that up to A3, and we're down to 
> 8 or 12 pages for the conference schedule + sponsors, and (I'd say) 4 
> pages for articles.
> 

I guess, you mean A4, not A3.

> 
> What Quim's proposed is that the content for the programme get done in 
> the normal way, that the ads get handled by him, and that the GNOME 
> Journal provides articles (6 or 7) for a special edition. Reprinting a 
> best-of the past year, if there aren't enough new articles, or perhaps 
> doing interviews with keynotes for cheap column inches, is also an option.
> 

I just checked our archives. As I said in my frist answer, using the
content is legal but it will make the program look strange.

I mean: Just imageing to open a conference program to find, dunno, an
opinon piece about marketing GNOME! Or an app review! Don't you think
that'll be strange? The most appropriate content are the deployment
stories.

However. I just talked to Lucas Rocha. He's glad to help organizing and
coordinating new articles, dedicated to more appropriate topics around
GUADEC.

He already submitted a paper for GUADEC about the GNOME Journal so that
fits very nicely. :-)

But if we can't find writers, I suggest to simply use the GUADEC
web page header graphic for the program front page. It's probably made
in Inkscape anyway, and will fit perfectly.


Cheers,
Claus